How to Acclimate New Fish & Invertebrates | DrsFosterSmith.com

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[BoraxoftheAmerica]

And where can we buy bucket for aquarium use only.

[drsfostersmith]

@BoraxoftheAmerica I would think you can find a bucket anywhere, really. In our videos we use the buckets left over from salt for different tanks around the building.

[roflasians]

why is the bag where the fish is in black? does it help lower stress?

[drsfostersmith]

@roflasians Yes it is to lower stress.

[TheNuScience]

Everything is right except for the end they say it's ok to put water from the bag into your tank. That's a huge mistake if you are risking hundred dollar fish that can expose them to new diseases, and bacteria.

[Tempdoom]

@BoraxoftheAmerica any bucket, just dont use the bucket for anyting else.

[whitetiger123100]

@Squidwardedits , sorry, you have probably figured this out by now, but whenever you see salt left behind by evaporation you fill the aquarium up to the point of evaporation with dechlorinated fresh water in a process called topping off.

[bobcheese427]

Another method is to float the bag, with the fish in it, in your aqaurium. Then after 20 minutes, add some water from the aquarium into the bag to equalise the pH, then after 5 minutes, net the fish out and add it to your tank, with the light off, and wait around 3-4 hours before switching it on

[sergioatsky]

it its VERY important to wait 4 hours to turn the lights again? or can be less time?

[InfoDoradon]

Dripping into a bucket is considered to be "the" method but there are several fundamental issues: 1) Temperature might not equalize if the surrounding temperature is very different to that of the aquarium, 2) water used to transport the new inhabitants might not be enough to fully cover them once they are poured into the bucket, and 3) you better watch the bucket when it gets full. The conclusion is that it is hard to control and is a high stress procedure.

[AwesomeAssassin1000]

@TheNuScience yeah but he doubles the amount of water in the bucket twice so the water in the bucket is pritty much 100% his tank water

[mtsn]

@Squidwardedits you must replace the evaporated water with freshwater, gradually. If you are making a water change, then you're removing some salt too, and this is when you need to add new prepared water with the same salinity and parameters of your tank. You don't need to reacclimate all your fish every time you do a water change...

[FishFrenzy101]

How do you add invertebrates to the tank without letting them touch the air and without adding water from the bucket?

[TWhite2345]

How much is a acclimation kit

[Squidwardedits]

The problem with my tank is that the water evaporates, leaving the salt behind. Thus, the salt level increases. I have very delicate species. Whenever I do a water change, I have to take everything out and acclimate them all over again. Anything I can do about this? Because it's a lot of work.